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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-18
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
A New Ruling Indicating the Government'f
Policy as to Actual Residence.

WASHINGTON, July 16.-A general principle
Of long standine and considerable importance in
the administration of public land matters is re-
affirmed by acting Secretary Muldrow in his
ruling upon the case OF James Young home
stead entrymnn of Salt Lake City. It's purport
is that no amount of cultivation aud improve
ment, and no showing Of good faith in other re-
spects can atone for the lack Of actual residence
upon the land sought to be secured. and that
even actual residence does not aivs validity to
the claim except in so far as il
shows an intention to make such residence
permanent beyond the acquirement Of title.
Young bad cultivated fifty ocres of his
claim, constructed irrigating ditches and built
house in which he personally lived. His i'm
provements were valued At from 81, 900 to
$1,000 His family. however, remained upon q
place owned by him half mile distant and it
was in evidence that he designed abandoning his
new claim AZ place of residence As soon as he
had made his title secure. contest was made
by ono Van Ostrum, professional contestant.
and selling them out. The local officers and the
commissioners decided for Young and against
Van Ostrum. The acting Secretary orders a
modification OF this decision. He says that
while Van Ostrum cannot acquire any rights in
tho matter, the government is not estoppsd
from action upon the information it has gained,
and he directs the cancellation OF Young'e
claim. The general principle influences the de-
clsiou in the Of Frank Young. homestead
or OF Huron, Oak. He had three years Of mill
tary service to his credit and was, therefore,
not required to live more than two more upon
his claim. He left his family in Illinois and
only spent about half of his time the claim,
rendering il matter of doubt whether he ever
changed his residence from Illinois. The local
officers held his final proof to be sufficient, but
the Commissioner reversed the finding and held
the entry for cancellation. The acting Secretary
gives the claimant the benefit Of the doubt, and.
inasmnch as there are no adverse claim, orders
that he be given another opportunity to furnish
final proof within the lifetime OF his entry
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LABOR MATTERS.

The Coming State Convention or Miners
Important Overtures to BE Considered.
Special to tho indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, July 1.-THE Miners Federated As
soeiation for Indiana will hold it's thi rd annual
convention at Terre Haute on Tuesday. The
various districts Of the State have been organ
ized under the federation. and the attendance
will doubtless be large. There are questions of
much Importance to miners and operators that
are being discussed, such the screen two
weeks pay, truck" stores, well al alliance
with some trade order of influence and kindred
interests. These will doubtless receive atten~
tion. The delegates will come instructed
TO vote on attaching the association to the Ma
tiopal Federation of Trades Because of its
pronounced arbitration theories the association
occupies n uniqus place among trade orders. the
Miners Assembly Of the knight OF Labor hav-
Ing refused to ally with it.
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A strike for Ice-water.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, July 1Z-Twenty carpen-
ters, who were employed on an addition to the
Coates House, are on a strike, refusing to work
any longer without supply of icewater. The
cause is trivial but the circumstances which led
TO the strike interesting The Coates House
managers are themselves superinteuding the
employ two foremep and about twenty. five
carpenters. Tive days ago several Of the men
Jeff, as the wages. 81 so day. did not satisfy
them. These were replaced by others yester-
day at noon, the hottest hour of the day. The
men were told that the hotel people would no
longer supply them with icewatsr. AT this they
protested and made the issue .'No ice no work ,
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THE NOISY MRS. PARSONS.
She Successfully Resists Union Officers and
Policemen. but Succumbs to Rain Storm.

CH,rAGo. July 17-At picnic of the Inter-
national Brewers and Maltsters' Union, at Og-
sen's grove, to-day, Mrs. Lucy Parsons, wife of
the condemned Anarchist, took possession Of a
refreshment stand near the center Of the
photographs Of her husband and his col
league, Spies. She also had for sale a
number Of copies OF Spies's biography,
written by his proxy wife, Mas Nina Van
zandt A large crowd soon gathered aroun
her, and the officers of the union, who are "Con-
servarives." endeavored to induce Mrs. Parsons
&c withdraw from the grounds, az they did not
wish. by allowing her to vend her wares. to
IDENTIFY themselves with anarchy and bring the
pnion into disrepute. Mrs Parsons however,
refused to accede to their request, claiming that
Ihe had right to be there and sell the books
and pictures for the benefit OF the relief fund.
A number of members OF the union
pspoused Mrs. Parsons's cause, and
the president, William Hepp. said IL she did not
In the crowd shouted TO Mrs. Parsons that there
were a number OF fly cops" watching her and
that she had better be careful. This seemed to
enrage tho woman, and she launched into q TRADE
against the police. saying It was a pity Inspector
Bonield and ell his men did not die in Hay
market square. One of the detectives present
uow stepped mp and told her to leave the
grounds She refused. and shouted to the crowd:
etizen in free speech. If you Russians and Bo-
hemians haven't the courage TO do likewise, you
had best 20 back whore you came from"
While she was talkinga detective fastened to
for instructions. He was told to not molest
Mrs. Parsons long she refraned from
speech-msking, and so the matter dropped. The
heavy rain which came M soon after compelled
the female Anarchist to do what the police and
officers Of the union had been unable to-pack up
and leave.
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The Aoclden. TO the Pre.iden.'s Train

UTICA, N. Y, July l7--Soon after the acci-
dent which occurred to the Presidential excur-
sion, last night. on the Rome, Watertown q
Ogdensburg railroad. Mrs. Cleveland sent tele-
grams to her mother At the Executive Mansion in
Washington, assuring her that the President
and herself we're unhurt. The accident occurred
between the villages of Lowvile and Glendale
and Superintendent Hammond remained at
Glendale. farmer residing near the scene
brought the remains of engineer Reilly to
that village. whore they placed in charge
of the undertaken Meanwhile the regular
train. with the Presidents car attached, was
speeding towards Alder Greek, whore the For
estport party were to aiighs, and Mr.. Cleveland
inquired carefully into the facts, asked regard
ing Perrgue, tho fireman, who shut off the
throttle the train was still running
aud the cab filed with steam, and also learned
the particulars regarding the condition and num-
ber of engineer Reillys family. At the coro-
ners inquest to day the jury rendered . verdict
tending to his duties in the cab or by jumping
from the train.
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AT CHICAGO.

The Hottest Known in Thirty Years-Eigh-
teen Deaths from Sunstroke.
CHICAGO. July 1.-THE hot weather of Satur-
day was intensified to-day, and there was much
suffering throughout the city. At o'clock this
morning the mercury mad reached 9Oo, and by
IL it was at 1902. The maximum. 1922, and the
hottest weather experienced in Chicago in years.
was reached by o'clock, and the temperature
remained nearly stationary until 5 o'clock. The
street cars going to the various parks were
jammed all day. while the lake every ex-
cursion steamer, tug, and sail boat which
could DO chartered was loaded down
with masses OF people seeking some
relief from the intolerable heat The
winds from the west. coming the parched
prairies. was like blast from furnace. At 5
o'clock however. a mass of clouds gathered
the west aud soon furious squail swept down
toward the lake, bringing with it a heavy rain
which lasted half an hour, settling the clouds of
binding dust and leaving behind it fresh and
delightfully."- cool atmosphere. Many OF the boats
on the lake had hard time beating back TO
shore against the wind and waves, and many ex-
cursionists were thoroughly drenched oy the
large waves which were swept over the vessels,
but SO far as is known there were no casualties.
From the time of the storm the temperature
began failing rapidly and at 8 o'clock Tonight
had reached 10 degrees, with q prospect OF going
even lower
The number of prostrations from the heat was
not as large yesterday, there being very few
laborers at work. but mp to 10 o'clock tonight
the records Of the police department show that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-18
Mr.. Gladstone Talks to the Scotch, and
Again Pleads in Ireland's Behalf.
Prince Ferdinand Will Make Personal Ap-
peal to the Czar-Discovery of an Alleged
Plot to Assassinate Emperor William.


How Its Complete Failure II Regarded by
Salisbury's Friends and Foes.
Special to the lndianacoIia Journal
LONDON, July 1.-THE winding mp Of Sir
Henry Drummond Wolffs mission to CONSTANT
nople is 50 tame to be farcical when compared
with what was to be accomplished amid great
flourish Of promises and prophecies. Lord Sal
isbury was at first 50 sure of English pro.
tectorate over Egypt that he actually allowed
the statement TO 60 uncontradcted for some
time that convention to that effect had already
been signed by the Porte. Then it came ont that
the convention had merely been drawn up and
submitted, and still later it became known that
the Porte refused to take any action until the
proposed arrangement had received the sanction
of the powers. A long period OF hesitation fol-
lowed, which has finally been ended by the
Porte fatty refusing to sign tho conven-
tion, and Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
has started on his way home to London to make
his official report Of dismal failure. The gen.
eral opinion is that the ignominious outcome of
the negotiations will damage Lord Salisbury's
standing as diplomatic; but on the other hand.
there are many who take different view. and
think that matters have turned out very much
the Premier intended they should. They take
the view that Lord Salisbury never really
vention, but wished to inveigle the Sultan into
an open exhibition of his fear and of his de-
pendence upon Russia. The effect Of Turkeys
gravitation toward an alliance with Rus
sia. however unwilling, is sure, they
claim, to imperil her suzerainty over
Egypt. owing to the weakening of moral sup
port on the part Of the powers which Turkey
would thus cause in regard to such pretensions
in Egypt England, meanwhile, will retain
with tenacious grip her present foothold In the
Khedive's dominion. and insidiously strengthen
it while awaiting favorable opportunity to
claim that her interests in the country
much greater than those of any other power
that she is entitled to protectorate over it. It
is possible that some shift in the European po-
litical situation may enable England to make
this demand, and in that event Lord Salisbury's
diplomacy would be redeemed.
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not less than forty-five persons
were stricken down to-day or this number
eighteen have already died and prob ably
more will die before morning. Saturdays list
was appalling. The total number Of cases cared
Tor by the police was over one hundred, and of
this number thirty or moro have resulted fatally.
The police think that number of cases were
cared for privately. both yesterday and TO-DAY.
and say that the mortality record. when finally
completed from physicians' certificates. will make
showing OF deaths from insolation unprece-
dented in this city. Such = degree Of he At has
not been experienced in Chicago accordi ne to
all authorities in nearly thirty years
At IL o'clock tonight .he latest returns show
that sixty-two persons have died either in or on
the way to the various hospitals in the city,
since Saturday morning. These deaths were
all the direct result of sunstroke heat pros
tration. A number of the patients in the hos
pital are In q state OF coma tonight, and the
physicians consider their cases hopeless At
the county hospital the physicians and nurses
have been working almost increasingly for thirty
six hours. The crush far exceeds that follow
ing the Haymarket riot
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LynchIne In Ixentuokv.

EVANSVILLE. July 17-News has been re-
ceiyed here OF lynching which took place at
Union City, KY. on Saturday. John Thomas.
negro, had heen employed by farmer named
Turner. While the family was away from home
Thomas committed assault upon the farmers
eleven-year-old girl, who, frightened by the
black brute's threats, keps the secret two days
Finally Mrs. Turner learned the truth, but
Thomas had meanwhile fed. He speedily
captured. however, and his preliminary examin-
alton took place Saturday. a large crowd be-
ing present He denied his guilt, but posi-
lively identified by his victim, who pointed him
out among dozen colored men. The crowd at
once ove=powered the court officers and dragged
the scoundrel TO tree near the court room.
Without waiting for him TO confess. a rope was
slinped around his neck and in instant he
Erithing In the air. Death ensued from stran-
gulation.
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GLADSTONE TO THE SCOTCH.
Dissident Liberals Reminded Of Th~Ir X.
Eas aud Aslxx t<.IS Gasx1.

Dissident Liberals Reminded Of Tn@Ir Pzx1
fessiops aud Asked to BE Coasistent
LONDON, July 16.-Mr. Gladstone, a. ban
quet given by tho Scotch Commoners Of tho Ma
tional Liberal Club, responding to a toast to his
health said that ono of the effects Of the sxhaus-
two discussion Of the Irish question in Parlia-
ment was tho bringing before the Welsh and
Scotch people the necessity for local legislation
in accordance with national wants and tradi-
tions. He denied that there was any alliance
between the Liberals and Nationslists Of which
either party need be ashamed, and declared that
whatever alliance existed was independent The
Parnellites were free to join the Tories if they
thought such union to their advantage.
Mr.. Gladstone said his anxiety to effect set
tlement Of the Irish question would prevent him
from limiting himself to his own views. He
would endeavor to promote any settlement that
would fulfill two absolute conditions The first
was to satisfy the Irish people. The second was
to have nothing to do with a settlement that
would in any way threaten the greatness o. the
empire. Proceeding to refer to the paralysis of
public business which the effect of stopping any
legislation for Scotland would have, he said.
one parliament for the whole empire
might be grand thing, but it did not
side This was not felt to be so in America,
whore the Congress did not make laws for the
whole United States, though it might not be un-
reasonable to attempt it, however unfair it might
be to distinctive interests. Nothing could be
more complete than the governments triumph
in carrying the crimes bill But" added Glad
stone, "let US hope still the door is OPEN"
Chamberlain nad made most cheering declara-
tons op the land bill, and had been
more or less supported by Lord Ran
dolph Churchill This was q matter Of
the utmost gravity. Would the dissidents hold
together IN demanding relief for Irish tenants in
the same fashion they held together to de-
prive them of their rightsl A Tory commission
had advised that the rents of 200. 900 tenants be
revised. Would the dissdents see this advice
carried outl Was the land bill to be woeful
mockery q great and solemn reality2 That
was the responsibility which fell first upon the
Conservatives, then upon the dissidents and after
them upon every elector in the kingdom. Glad
stone trusted that by the election of Sir. j. o.
Trevelyan the people of Glasgow would show
their Willingness to do justice to Ireland
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Condition of the Crops.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE following crop sum-
mary will be printed lin this weeks edition of
the Farmers Review The drought thro ughout
the Northwestern States is injuring all crops
moro or less. Corn. although not materially
damaged far, is commencing to show the
effects of the dry season and must suffer con-
sderably il rain does not fall soon. AS
q result Of the drought the oats
cropis ripening too fast and will hardly mako
three-quarters of an average crop il the drought
continues. Estimates OF the average yield of
winter wheat in the different States from
ports of threshing or calculations Of prominent
returns, are as follows: 16 counties in Illi-
nois. Is bushels This is a falling off of two
bushels as compared with our report Of last
week. Morgan county reports the yield as high
25 bushels. and Pope as low as 8 bushels.
Twelve countiss in Indiana gave an average of
l5 bushels per acre. Four Kansas counties
port yield of IL bushels, but others report the
returns as light to very poor. For the whole
counties in Kentucky, III bushels; three Michi-
gan counties. ID bushels; eleven counties in
Missouri report an average yield of 194 bushels.
ONO reports indicate a fair to good yield OF
wheat but figures not given. Reportofrom
Wisconsin place the yield at frorn Ii &c 20 BUSH
els per
wheat are as follows: Nineteen counties in
Iowa place the average at seventy-two per cent
CarrolI, Cass, Clayton, Howard, Iowa, keokuk
aud Madison counties cannot state an average,
the crop being almost totally DESTROYED by in
sects Eleven counties in Minnesota place the
condition at seventy-one per cent Twelve
counties in Nebraska place the average condi-
tion at seventy-fo four per cent and seven
Dakota counties at seventy nine per cent. In
sects doing considerable damage in some
localities to corn; the chinch-bugs having, as we
feared. attacked this crop after the har-
vesting of winter wheat The average
condition of tho crop. calculated from
our reports received last week. in the different
States, is as follows: Twelve counties in Illinois
report average condition of 81 per cent;
twelve Indiana counties, % per cent; seven
counties in Ohio. 9S per cent; fourteen Missouri
counties report the condition high log per
cent; while thirteen counties in Nebraska place
it at 1O4 per cent. aud twenty four counties in
Iowa beat these figures with average condi-
ton of l03 per cent Fourteen counties in Min
nesota report the condition at average OF 80
per cent, and seven counties in Wisconsin
port like average. Dakota counties
lead the whole list with an av-
erage of 120 per cent Six Michigan counties
place their average at 101 per cent and Ken
lucky counties reporting this week at 100 per
cent Nine counties in Kansas report an aver
age condition of 102 per rcent Pastures are suf-
fcring from lack of -ain. Potatoes aud apples
do not promise much more than half crop.
Hay hardly reaches that figure.
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7 HE HEN
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
A Probability that Corn Has Been Injured by
the Excessive Heat and Lack of Rain.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE following is tho
weather crop bulletin of the e!gual Office for the
week ending July 16: During the week ending
July 10, 1887, the weather has been warmer than
usual, except in the gulf States, northern New
England and on the Pacific coast, the average
dsily excess ranging from three to eight degrees
from the middle Atlantic States westward to the
Rocky mountains 1t has becn slightly cooler
than usual in the cotton region, and on the Pa
cfc coast the daily average was from three to five
degrees below the normal. The average daily
temperature for the season from Jan. i to
July 16, 1887, differs but slightly from the nor
NAL in the agricultural districts. there being
q daily of about one degree in
the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri val
leys. The season has bsen slightly
cooler than usual on the South Atlantic coass,
and from Lake Superior westward to the Pacific
coast.
During the week there has been deficiency in
rainfall generally throughout all agricultural
districts east OF the Rocky mountains: except in
Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, Colorado and
eastern Dakota, where slight excesses re-
ported. The rainfall has also been slightly in
excess at stations on the New England coast
In the cotton region more than one-half the
usual amount of rainfall occurred, while in
the and tobacco regions slightly less than
one half the usual amount Is reported. The
large seasonal deficiency OF ain-fall previously
reported in the cotton region and in the States
of the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri
valleys has been still further increased, during
the past week, and it now ranges from ten to
seventeen inches in the cotton region, and from
FIVE to ten inches in Illinois and Iowa
Reports received during the week indicate
that tho weather has been favorable for the cot
ton crop in the eastern and central portions of
the cotton region. but in sections Of the lower
Mississippi valley conditions are varied, some
sections reporting that more rain is needed.
while others report that excessive rains and low
temperatures have affected crops injuriously
There has been excess of temperature and
more than the usual amount of sunshine in the
corn regions, and these conditions, combined
with the deficiency of rain-f for the week, have
probably resulted in some injury to this
crop Local showers have fallen In
sections of the corn belt, but not over
the entire area, and the rain was
not in sufficient quantities. The weather has
been favorable for the harvesting of wheat
which has been generally completed. except in
Minnesota and Dakota, where 1t is now in prog
ress, fand where all growing crops were i'm
proved. In New England and the Middle At
lautic States the weather has affected favorably
all growing crops The indications at A. NJ
to day lJuiy III are that showers will occur in
the next twenty four hours in the Western por-
tions of the corn belt where they greatly
needed.